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Organisation pro Software Escrow e.V.
What OSE stands for
The Organisation pro Software Escrow – OSE for short – is an association of companies and individuals who use or provide services and consulting in the area of source code escrow. The association was founded in Munich in 2005 with the aim of pooling expertise in this area and sensitising the IT industry to the topic of escrow. Since then, OSE has been explaining the basics of source code escrow, providing information on escrow concepts with a view to new technologies and developing quality standards.
With its symposia, the association makes an active contribution to the discussion on appropriate legal framework conditions for software escrow in Germany and actively contributes to the creation of binding legal certainty.

Association goals
The purpose of the association is the comprehensive promotion of software escrow (deposit of source code), in particular the interests of users and providers of software escrow as well as service and consulting companies in the field of source code deposit.
Our key points are:

Clarification
Systematic education on the subject of protecting investments in software and IT in the interests of a functioning economy.

Marketing
Representing the interests of members and increasing awareness of Escrow through presentations, public relations work and marketing co-operation.

Standards
Developing standards and thereby ensuring consistently high quality of escrow services provided by member companies.

Legal security
Ensuring an appropriate legal framework and helping to create binding legal certainty.
Symposium 2025
20. OSE Symposium
Symposium 2024
19. OSE Symposium
Symposium 2023
18. OSE Symposium
Members
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Executive Board
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Membership fees
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Management Board
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Statutes
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If you are interested in becoming a member of the organisation pro Software Escrow e.V., please fill in the following form and send it by email to
info(at)ose-international.org
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Organisation pro Software Escrow e.V.
Innere Wiener Straße 11a, 81667 München
+49 176 44 20 59 58
info(at)ose-international.org
